O uso de aulas práticas investigativas na consolidação do aprendizado e na vivência do método científico - uma abordagem sobre grupos sanguíneos do sistema ABO

Abstract

Science education through research methodology has proven teaching strategies and different from what has been often exploited in schools, being a tool that teachers can use to diversify their practice in school, in order to boost their learning lessons and develop skills and competencies in their students. Among the different types of activities available to investigative character, investigative practical activity was chosen as the research object of this paper, due to the need to reassess the traditional practical classes in which the student is a mere spectator. This study developed a research practice activity on the ABO blood typing system using simple materials, easy acquisition and manipulation which are designed to safely simulate the reactions that occur during the course of the identification procedure of the ABO blood group system, possibly be developed at any school that provides or not the science lab. The target audience for this research were students of the 3rd year of high school, that after the completion of the proposed activity to fill out a satisfaction questionnaire. Thus, by analyzing the students' perception and observation made by the researcher during the course of investigative practice activity, it was concluded that it presented itself as a great educational tool that provided a stimulus to students in relation to the subject studied, well as possible the practical demonstration of the theory studied in class.